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Best Practices For Preparing For A Meaningful Use Audit

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

ONC/CMS provides strong oversight of the meaningful use program by continuousy reexamining the quality of certified products and auditing hospitals and practices that have attested to meaningful use. Last week, the ONC “de-certified” a product for not supporting the functionality … Continue reading

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ONC Releases Governance Framework For Electronic Health Information Exchange

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

Last year, ONC issued a Request for Information (RFI) to gather public input on a potential regulatory approach that would have spelled out “conditions for trusted exchange” (safeguards, technical, and business practice) through rulemaking, and establish a voluntary accreditation and … Continue reading

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CMS Provides Details On Meaningful Use Audits

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this year implemented pre-payment audits on Medicare and dually eligible (Medicare and Medicaid) providers participating in the EHR Incentive Programs. The pre-payment audits complement post-payment audits that CMS has conducted since 2012. Both … Continue reading

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Building Patient Trust Is Vital To Health Information Exchanges

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

In recent weeks, federal regulators and their advisers have been deliberating about how best to earn patient trust that their privacy will be protected as their data is shared among providers via evolving health information exchanges. Keeping a focus on … Continue reading

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CMS Reports EHR Incentive Payments Surpass $13B

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

Continuing the upward trajectory of EHR reimbursements flowing out into the healthcare industry, CMS said on Tuesday morning that the total paid as of March’s end is more than $13.7 billion. “March was a very big month,” said Rob Anthony … Continue reading

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Environmental Intelligence Releases April 2013 EI Connections Newsletter

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Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its April 2013 EI Connections Newsletter.  Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: April 2013 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter?  Click on this link to … Continue reading

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Senators Express Health IT Policy Concerns

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

Six Republican Senators are asking the healthcare community for input on “recalibrating” health information technology policy, arguing that there are several problems with the current trajectory of the meaningful use program. In a white paper titled “Reboot: Re-examining the Strategies Needed to … Continue reading

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CMS-ONC Session to Address EHR Billing Controversy

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The controversy over the appropriate use of health information technology systems to streamline workflow while not fraudulently increasing healthcare claims will get a public airing early next month.The CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology … Continue reading

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OCR To Solicit Feedback About HIPAA Compliance Audits

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The top federal healthcare privacy and security regulator wants to know what officials from more than 100 organizations that have undergone privacy and security audits thought of the process and what can be done to improve it. The office will … Continue reading

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CMS Updates 2014 Meaningful Use Hospital CQMs

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Tuesday, April 2nd, published an update for the 2014 Clinical Quality Measures for hospitals eligible for the meaningful use program. At the same time, CMS also issued corresponding specifications for electronic … Continue reading

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